The Mariner's Revenge Song Lyrics
Yeah, me too. And this one is wrong. It's "Find him, bind him..." Also, it's "wanton cruelty" rather than "one cruel deed", and "wailed" instead of "quailed". Fuck songmeanings.net for not posting my flawless copy and posting this persons. Actually, I don't give a shit. But still. Fuck 'em.
also " I shipped to sea with a privateer" its supposed to be "i shipped to sea with the privateers"
also " I shipped to sea with a privateer" its supposed to be "i shipped to sea with the privateers"
It is quailed not wailed
It is quailed not wailed
I love the pun in the first stanza last line.
even though this is kind of petty, but it would make sense that the line would read, "our ships' sole survivors" rather than "ship's" since there were two ships and whatnot.
This song could rival Dylan for storytelling.
I think the last part is most important and a brilliant technique. The narrator is singing the song to you, the rake who took his mother. When Colin sings "And I will whisper the last words you'll hear..", the fact that it's instrumental, your mind fills it in with the woman's words as if they're haunting you. I found myself singing the words in my head as I was waiting for him to sing it.
People have said her words are stuck in their heads after they hear the song and I think this helps to that effect.
no need to get rude, ill fix it
then do it? quailed is still there. sir
then do it? quailed is still there. sir
That's because its the right lyric.....sir
That's because its the right lyric.....sir
Hey, pumkinhed, they are "gods" among the weird kids. They're not widely popular by MTV's standards, I mean, they haven't been featured on the OC.. yet. But still, they have a large, very large following of, gasp Americans!
Not so fast, fadetoflashes, the word is definitely "quailed" -- see this archaeic definition:
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/quail_2
You don't give their song-writing enough credit.
I like how Colin makes the narator eventually lose his mind to his obsession with revenge. He obsesses so long over it that it becomes part of him, and he personifies this trait of him with his mother. His mother is his other personality, as he is skitzephrenic. It's truely wonderful. (See: the tenth paragraph, second line)
Schizophrenia doesn't cause multiple personalities. Dissociative PERSONALITY disorder causes multiple personalities to form as a defense for mental trauma
Schizophrenia doesn't cause multiple personalities. Dissociative PERSONALITY disorder causes multiple personalities to form as a defense for mental trauma
attn warmgun:
"Our ship's sole survivors"
"I shipped to sea With a privateer"
"And the captain quailed"
"The crew all was chewed alive"
the mariner is not the only person on his ship